




Healthcare Industry News: ONI Medical Systems
News Release - April 18, 2007
ONI Medical Systems Names Yuri Wedmid as Vice President of Marketing and D. Bryce Fehr as Vice President of Corporate Accounts
WILMINGTON, Mass.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--ONI Medical Systems, Inc. ("ONI") developer of the only high-field, 1.0T extremity MRI system, announced today that it has named Yuri Wedmid as Vice President of Marketing and D. Bryce Fehr as Vice President of Corporate Accounts.Over the past seven years, ONI Medical Systems has consistently grown its business of providing a unique product - a dedicated MRI system for imaging the upper and lower extremities with uncompromised high field level - High Image Quality - at a significantly reduced cost to its customers.
With the new changes in the healthcare environment we are creating new opportunities and opening new market segments for our products. These changes require new approaches and an expansion of our marketing and sales group.
ONI is pleased to announce that Yuri Wedmid, PhD has joined the company as Vice President of our Marketing group and will be expanding the reach of ONI marketing and sales efforts into new market segments within the US and International arenas. Dr. Wedmid is well suited to the diverse nature of this assignment. His knowledge of MR includes twenty-five (25) years of MR experience in the directly related areas of MR sales, marketing, and new MR product development within the major MR vendors, such as GE Healthcare, Siemens Medical and Philips Medical.
Within the new marketing group, Yuri will lead teams responsible for applications and customer support, strategic business development, and traditional areas of marketing and sales support.
In addition, D. Bryce Fehr has joined the company as Vice President of Corporate Accounts. Bryce has over fourteen (14) years of medical device experience, with eight (8) years focused in the Corporate Accounts arena. Most recently, he was with Invivo Corporation, worldwide leader in MRI solutions, managing their National Corporate Accounts portfolio. Mr. Fehr's extensive Corporate Accounts experience combined with his valued relationships at the GPO, IDN, and Diagnostic Imaging level, will allow ONI Medical Systems to offer MSK Extreme(TM) to a wider customer base of Hospitals, Radiologist and Imaging Centers throughout the USA.
About ONI Medical Systems
Founded nearly ten (10) years ago, ONI Medical Systems, Inc. develops and markets dedicated-purpose extremity MRI systems that exceed the rigorous requirements of diagnostic radiology. With a clear focus on image quality and clinical utility, ONI offers benefits to all involved in the diagnostic imaging process; along with the facility managers with careful, budget sensitive site planning; to the clinician with superior diagnostic tools, and to the patients with a friendly, comfortable MRI exam experience. For more information, please visit www.onicorp.com, or call 978-658-0020 or e-mail info@onicorp.com.
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